skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> That said, skipping synonyms and other query variant generation is definitely throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

I disagree, I want control back. They've neutered almost every query narrowing option they used to have. They don't care anymore they just want to give you results.

I'm not saying the, lets call it 'query automation', is always bad, I just want the option to turn it off to some degree. Apparently we can no longer be trusted with that.
Amendment I takes precedence over Article I. Congress does not itself get to decide what "the people" refers to in the Constitution, and acts of Congress do not alter or establish any meaning of any terminology in the Constitution. Where there is ambiguity, the courts resolve it -- Congress does not have the final say in interpreting the rules that define and limit its own power.

Further, the protection of free speech in the first amendment does not even refer to "the people", but simply prohibits Congress from abridging the freedom of speech per se, without qualification or any exception for who is doing the speaking. Congress cannot pass laws that abridge the freedom of speech as a matter of actual effect, regardless of whether they are doing so under the auspices of exercising other powers.

Foreign policy powers don't come into it -- if the act restricts free speech, it is unconstitutional, regardless of what end Congress was attempting to pursue.
is iCloud.com really that bad?
Yeah. Don't complain about regulation existing. Complain about regulations being controlled by private equity. Complain about private equity existing. Complain about capitalism. Not about the existence of government.
Free markets are not a panacea, nor do ideal free markets ever exist anyway. Also, free markets require regulation to prevent powerful actors from making them non-free.

> the market will produce it.

Only if it's profitable. Feeding poor people, caring for the indigent, etc. isn't profitable.
> - I have met insane people. I’ve had to cut out many “friends” as they tried taking advantage of me, didn’t respect me, or projected their insecurities onto me. Right now I have zero friends.

>- The society is extremely unhealthy. Half the people here are on antidepressants or hung over every other day, and a fraction of the school eats healthy.

Honestly, I think you understand how broken this country is. I'm a bit older, I'm well into my thirties and everything you're expressing is 100% spot on. Friends are friends when things are going well, but even then tons of folks will be envious and will backstab you the first chance they get. I had a horrible experience a while back when one of my best friends put me in a horrible position and I will never recover.

American society is fundamentally broken. People basically don't real vacations to recharge, instead they cope with the various methods you've already seen. Our labor rights are an absolute joke, you have a small minority of people with well paid jobs, and even then for example I'm probably spending about a third of my income in taxes, with another $500 a month out of pocket for health insurance, with an occasional 500 or $600 of out-of-pocket expenses.

If I was you I would go back to Europe and finish college there, America's a great place to visit, but it's not a great place to live. Also all the issues you've ran into will be magnified by 10 times if you move to California. Society is so amazingly unequal here, you'll have millionaire tech Bros stepping over needles on the way to work and everyone just accepts this as normal .

To my regret, I missed my chance to move to Europe to experience a civilized society so I'm probably going to be stuck here for the foreseeable future. I'll give you an example, back when I was in London I was able to walk around without the constant paranoia you have to have an America. I live in a medium sized city and we have more crime here than in all of London despite being a fraction of the size.

Finally college is supposed to be the best time of your life, if you're not vibing with this American culture it's not a negative reflection on you. Leave while you still can!
The point is that you're not selling AI, you're selling a solution to a problem—in the case of your example, reduced costs. If you approach it as "I want to start an AI startup" you've already lost.
If a doctor can verbally get all notes, they will forget to write less, or ensure follow ups, referalls, etc go.
But you’re the one doing the thought terminating. These things don’t have to be a dead-end.

What if it wasn’t perfectly obfuscated? Is there any evidence at all you’d consider to be in favor of the world being not as it first appears? Not something that’s way more easily explained otherwise, like fossils.

There are things that come to mind for me. One is the brain’s ability to experience hypergeometry and additional dimensions on psychedelics. I don’t see how a brain that has the capability of being enhanced in that way happens through evolution alone. I don’t think geometry scales in the way that running does, for example.

Similarly is are the many cases of people experiencing beings outside of consensus reality. People see people talking to them clear as day, that no one else sees. You can write this off as either a drug-induced hallucination or mental illness, but that’s deciding the cause a priori. It’s circular reasoning.
The parent that I originally responded to asked a broader question about why we’re seeing declines, esp moral and quality, across many areas of life. They were wondering if this example was one of a general trend happening. I showed it was.

There were also predictions about what would happen if we followed Christ and His model vs other models centered on selfish gain. The other side denied the Biblical truth saying we’d have a better America with godlessness, capitalism, and/or communism. We’ve had time to see where those philosophies would take us. What happened?

God’s Word came true quite literally in many ways while the godless’ predictions were wrong with damaging results. So, the rational choice between multiple worldviews is to think the one that works and has correct predictions is true (or better). And then commit to Christ and repent.

Now, let’s tie that directly into Red Lobster:

1. Christ-like business over worldly greed would have the new owners not sell the real estate the business depended on.

2. Jethro and Paul said to pick leaders of great character and wisdom who aren’t sellouts. They’d have managed it better.

3. Humility in the service sector means constantly listening to customers to adapt to their needs since we put others first. Red Lobster would’ve changed with the times in some way which might have worked out (or not).

4. Proverbs focused on equitable or profitable arrangements. Jesus said to count the cost before you commit to a plan. The Bible often says to seek counsel. These would preclude all you can eat shrimp every day.

In short, Biblical morals would’ve prevented every aspect of this situation. Whereas, godless, unloving capitalism… all those together… naturally leads to things like this. If you will benefit from, but never be held accountable for, destroying the chain… why not make a fortune destroying it?
The regulations don't just disappear to allow for such imports as in your example ...?
I don’t expect replacements to drop in price.

Also that’s just cell cost. It takes quite a bit to assemble a pack, plus profit margin.

p.s. I doubt that rumour, unless Hyundai really likes to milk their customers. Teslas largest packs are less than 20k. Small ones less than 10k (which is how much I save per year because power is cheap and gas is expensive here).
And they work well outside in the sun?
I speculate that NSA has a series of orgasms everytime they think
of Starlink.

Direct access to all the data and locatinos millions of users worldwide,
and mostl likekly easy to penetrate connected machines as well.
There is no way in hell the NSA isnt the man in the middle of the entire
consetellation.

If we expand on the speculation, having hostiles use Starlink might be
hihgly adventagous. Russia using it would be far more valuable than
them using some domestic system.
Those discussions are irrelevant given the population growth. UN is consistently wrong about populating growth. Earth population doubled in last 50 years.
See my comment elsewhere: money.

Also, they need to be careful. There was a controlled burn in New Mexico that got out of control and caused a lot of damage.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/2...
Let's look at the data [1], which should be a table of per capita emission/country, sorted by 2022 numbers. The countries at the top have to make the largest changes in their socio-economic systems in order to get close to zero emissions. While countries at the bottom have to make minimal changes. They simply have to not emit in the future by using carbon-neutral methods to attain improved human well-being.

You will note in the table [2], that at the top are the oil producing countries in the Middle East, followed by Canada, USA, and Australia. Most of the large European countries are far below. The bottom half of the table obviously contains no West countries.

China has half the per capita emissions of USA/Canada/Australia, and the same as current Europe, and it's already decreasing both its population and soon its per capita emissions.

It's precisely the people in the Middle East and USA/Canada/Australia have to make the largest changes in their systems. China+Europe have to follow the same downward trajectories.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/co2?tab=table&time=2011...

[2] Please ignore small countries, which have negligible total emissions.
Creating a first person shooter that scales to millions of players
I used to be a wildland firefighter for the USFS and was stationed on a forest where two districts were split in half by a reservation where the land was managed by the BIA.

Driving from one district to the other you could see the health of the forest change almost immediately when you crossed a border.

BIA land had lots of healthy and appropriately spaced trees, wildlife, tall grasses. USFS land had dead grass and trees packed together, 10 snags for every healthy one.
WHile US has private healthcare, Canada does not and data does not belong to the private companies.
Could have done without the first paragraph. :) I wouldn't be excited to have either Australia (supply locked up by China) or Chile (read anything re: politics last 5 years) as my sources. the general thrust that youre being flippantly dismissive to the point of shading instead of illuminating is correct. (requires discussion about new battery chemistry supply chains to only discuss lithium-ion (??) and specifically only lithium, and Chile and Australia)
lmao - Is someone making the lightsaber sounds with their mouth?
Nah... I'm just making my own. :)
It's all theoretical. Do you see it actually working out this way? When and where?

> regulators just, you know, look at the design of the chairs to evaluate them for certification. But customers could do the same thing for themselves, at less cost (what, you think those government regulators work for free?). So the regulations are actually adding zero value. But they're certainly not adding zero cost.

I have little idea how to evaluate the safety of an electric wheelchair, and don't have the time to acquire the expertise to learn how to do that with everything I buy. But we all can chip in and pay someone, who has the expertise, to do it once rather than than millions of people doing it redundantly.
What does swiping left mean? I may not want to collab with someone for a particular project but that doesn’t mean I never want to see their profile again. Also swiping left feels like rejecting them. What if I’m just browsing the artists? I don’t want to be rejecting while I’m browsing options.

Also why am I limited to my area? I want to be able to collaborate digitally. I don’t need to be in close proximity to do that. I ran out of people in my area after 2 left swipes.

I would like to just click on the genre of artist I want, hear a sample of their work and then be able to message and favorite the ones I like.
I don't see how any of that lends him credibility. If anything it just paints him as more of an ideologue. A career dependent on a preset agenda. No thanks.
I don't see how. Because ChatGPT is not from a US company?
As long as the cables reach because it's a drum machine running from a program.

You can even go Marty McFly on the ground jamming on the keys and kick over the subs if you really want to.

EDIT: PS: If you kick over my sub, your foot will break from either the sub itself or this 6 pound sledgehammer foot detector. Fair warning.
Let it be known that according to hi-v-rocknroll's personal code of ethics, it is cheating to break x boards if they are arranged in a specific fashion
We should be more vocal in our opposition
Some people can't handle, or don't recognize, hyperbole.

It was written, and was meant to be read in, an exasperated and slightly dramatic tone. I thought that was obvious from the opening sentence, but apparently not.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Homegrown_Whole_Grains....
It is not just wheelchairs and nursing homes.

My eye doctor office got bought out. They pay the doctors as little as possible and maximize the number of appointments per day.
While I don’t use the term, it’s applicable to what I do as a career. I like to say I make installations, objects, and experiences with complex inner lives. Sometimes I add the word ‘digital’ in there. Many who do what I do describe themselves as ‘creative technologists’ because code is but one part alongside experience design, art direction, fabrication, systems design, and electrical engineering.
> If it were to all release at once, I'd no longer have a left hand.

Well, super interesting.

At first I doubted because the apple watch has very little energy, then I looked it up. Turns out the biggest ones have 2Wh worth of power. Doesn't seem like much until you consider that 2Wh is roughly 6000J. Bullets are launched in the neighborhood of 1000J.
Most people do not want to have to own two cars.
It was discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6124056
LocalAI: Self-hosted OpenAI alternative reaches 2.14.0
After a year of LocalAI, I'm happy to announce the new release is out - it has been an amazing journey so far, and our community drives me to keep adding new features and push it forward.

The new LocalAI release features an integrated WebUI with the model gallery where you can choose freely models to install directly from the community. You can pick models from: TTS, LLMs, Image generation, and much more, and instantly interact with the models and start to play with via the integrated WebUI.

Between the many things we support, we also have All-In-One images which are container images that already are pre-configured with an opinionated sets of model for those that are in a hurry and want to still benefit from most of all the features that LocalAI has to offer!

Enjoy!
Electrons don't get murdered when their SO's find out they are pregnant. Although I guess that's more of an issue in the USA than Canada.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40183375

Why not make it open source if it bothers you?
Finley (YC W21) is hiring securitization and structured finance professionals
> How do think we should address security around AI

The same way we address security around cars: we don't ban individuals from working on project cars, or driving them on public roads - instead, we have standards for OEMs and individuals, and prosecute negligence.

AI safely is similar to GM lobbying for laws making it illegal to tweak your own car or changing your own brake fluid for "public safety".
As best I can tell[1], BCHydro isn't subsidized, unless you count the land usage grants from the province (but the water flow stability is useful for irrigation, so it has other benefits)

[1] https://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHydro/customer-portal/...
Why not skip it and drive an LPG-powered vehicle instead?
Drywall is a funny one; anyone "punching a hole" in it carefully prepared where they will hit it so they don't hit a 2x4.

Don't ever believe anyone claiming they "got so mad they punched a hole in the wall"; they would not have punched a wall if it was solid.

Notable exception is a friend of mine who punched a wall in a rage and broke his hand, lol.
> Preparing for such behavioral questions is part of the standard interview prep process

Ah the classic "it's not wrong if everyone's doing it" argument. But to me the op wasn't complaining about the content of the question, just the banality of answering it over and over.
Great job staying healthy and active! I think what you're going through is fairly normal. If you are super ambitious, want to start a company and work on side projects, realise that it puts you in sub 1% of the population. Most people around you will not have that same level of drive and ambition, especially in a small town. And that's ok. Also CS programs are 'one size fits all'. Here's some things you can try:

- Grow your side projects, learn a lot and help more people (and make more $)

- Find online communities to join like contributing to open source projects

- Focus on specific activities you like (sports, cooking, movies...) and find folks that share that specific interest, even if you don't have much in common otherwise

- Keep learning more about what you're passionate about online, do cold outreach

- Date interesting people who have very different interests and backgrounds

- Reach out to second/third degree connections working in industries you find interesting (they're always looking for great folks)

- Create a club based on your background/shared interest
I deal with wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, oxygen systems, CPAPs, spirometry, and more every day.

Electric wheelchairs are built to be very rugged and dirt simple.

There are 2 problems:

The first problem is insurance. People expect their insurance to cover everything. If they need a new set of 35 AH SLA batteries, they will throw their old chair away and ask for a new chair on insurance.

The second problem is that wheelchair users are disabled. As an able-bodied nerd with a socket set and a few wrenches, I can repair an electric wheelchair. A disabled person usually can not do that. They can not even follow the (good) advice to use an external charger instead of the (garbage) charger built into most wheelchairs; they physically can not get to the relevant parts.

Home oxygen companies send people out on short notice to debug, repair, or replace home oxygen equipment. If you want insurance to cover electric wheelchairs, then rent them instead of selling them and include service visits.

The problem with shipping an electric wheelchair back for service is that this thing weighs almost 100 pounds without batteries and is a very odd shape. Before anyone complains, you want it to be heavy so it will not tip over when the human (who is high up) leans over, takes a corner, or drives sideways on a slope.

If you want a less-insurance-intensive solution, pass a right-to-repair law that (1) requires all electric wheelchair parts to be marked with a manufacturer and part number, and (2) requires all electric wheelchair makers to sell parts for a decade or two after they stop selling the chairs. If they use industry-standard parts, and mark the parts as such, they should be relieved of the obligation to carry the parts for 20 years. Here's an example: Include a label on the chair saying that all bolts are either m6x60mm or m4x25mm and that all red and black electrical connectors are PP75 series Anderson Power Poles.

Here is a case that drove me nuts: I was dealing with an electric wheelchair that had some odd version of Anderson PowerPoles connecting the batteries and motors. These connectors had been knock-offs, and the reseller of these (Chinese-made) connectors lost a patent lawsuit to Anderson (before their patent expired.) One connector broke and was impossible to replace. I would gladly pay $100 for a single connector, but they do not exist. Before someone says to replace both ends of the connector, this is a connector mounted in a custom bracket with almost zero clearance as the chair's seat fits right on top of the bracket, connectors, and wires.
It sounds like 90% grit and 10% magic trick, but you were an instructor so I’ll take your word for it.

I still wish to believe that the crème de la crème, or the top 0.1% of the karate world, can muster enough force to break concrete regardless of any tricks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BandMatch/

nothing
Caveat: the bones in the hand are really thin.
Although Costa Rica went <100% duty cycle (intermittently) 100% renewables in 2015, but it took until recently (2024) to go 100% duty cycle (continuously).
Congratulations on yet another novel attempt to apply the swipe-based matching algorithm that has so effectively revolutionized hookups to the world of music creation. It's heartwarming to see how technology keeps pushing the boundaries of human interaction, from love and sex to now forming musical collaborations. I can just envision the future where we'll have swipe-based tools for finding roommates, jobs, and even toilet paper preferences. But seriously, best of luck to all the aspiring musicians out there, may BandMatch bring you one step closer to your musical dreams.
It's like playing chess with a pigeon. My fault really.
> Something happened in the oil industry which is unexplained by economics

1. Tons of producers went bust during the shale boom and covid price fallout.

2. Remaining producers see that the future will require less oil and remember the rest of the industry failing when they increased production.

3. They dont increase production.

This is exactly what economics projects. Less competition = worse prices. It doesnt take collusion for everyone to come to the same cocnlussion.
I look forward to see if it finally means .NET will be embraced by WinDev, or they will keep pushing in-proc COM with C++ all over the place.
Serving nested CSS up without a precompiler is God tier.
Nobody is claiming they can do that though, so it's not cheating.
If someone can watch it, they can steal it: securing video content on the web
Ah, but the analogy isn't about using German. It's about learning German. If I signed up for a German class and what they taught me was how to use Google translate, I'd be pretty angry.
To claim that you stop online ad networks is a downright falsehood and you know it.

can you link to these remarks? i can't see kfreds making any reference to ad networks anywhere.
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) has been ramping for a decade, with "no cobalt" as a selling point. It's not huge in the US, but it is in China.

https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/en/blog/themen/batterie-update...
Buy the time back with the work week reduction and build to sell. Invest proceeds. Buy back time faster. Repeat until freedom. A “Freedom flywheel” if you will.

Life is short and then we die. Time is non renewable. Autonomy and being able to direct your own work is valuable as well.
I am doing quite a bit of work with JAX (the Python library used here) in a high-performance numerical computing context.

On GPU/TPU, it is not going to reach perfect 100% hardware usage, but it is going to get close enough (far above vanilla Python performance) and be significantly more productive than alternatives.

That makes it a sweet spot for research (where you will want to tweak things as you go) and extremely complex codes (where you already need to put your full focus on the correctness of the code). I highly recommend it to domain experts who need performance for their research project.
Reminds me of this nugget of Prime reacting to Gemini refusing to show C++ code to teenagers because it is "unsafe":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2npdV6tX1g
Stay away from anti depressants. Sounds like you are healthy enough physically, you just need a location change which will shake up your life and give you new challenges.